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by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

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spreading Buddhist teachings

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Hounen

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year before last

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hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

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religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity

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Ninomiya Sontoku (1787-1856)

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re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal

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chitchat

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conversation; discussion

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frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

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opponent in a debate or argument

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to ask (someone to do); to invite; to tempt; to entice; to allure

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serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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gentleman; well-bred man; well-educated man; people

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resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)

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Ookawa Shuumei

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announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known

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warp (weaving); longitude; scripture; sutra; trans-

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something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman

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lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass

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garden; orchard; park; kindergarten; nursery school; preschool

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too many to count; too numerous to mention

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and yet; despite (all) that

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ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

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how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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obstinate; stubborn; headstrong

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice

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danger; peril; hazard; risk

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loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

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but still; however; and yet; nevertheless; for all that

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formal (way); orthodox; regular; in earnest; serious; proper

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

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fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

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scholastic; academic

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explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion

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(religious) faith; belief; creed

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to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

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cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end

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popular literature

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investigation; study; research

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pre-existing; already there; conventional

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quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

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just; right; pure; genuine; truth

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